In this image:https://i.imgur.com/UfJemBp.pngThe woman in the purple tights and the man in the red pants - those two 'appear' when I make a new sim with regular frequency. Not sure how often, but often enough that I instantly recognize them now. The others, I'm not sure if they've showed up for me or not, but now that I'm thinking about this I'm gonna be watching for them.This seems non-random. The exact look of those two keeps occurring.So, are these characters based on someone? Are these cartoon versions of Maxis staffers or something? As someone who skipped many years of Sims, are these characters part of the 'lore' that I've missed?

I think they all appear in CAS when you make a new sim. Also, they're on the Gallery under the official Maxis account (at least I think it's the official one). They all have backstories a such. I don't think I've come across the one in the red shorts. They do have one on their Gallery page that has those clothes but he looks completely different. His name is Jayden Armstrong.

I've had every single one show up in CAS. I normally hit "random" a lot when I'm creating a sim.

They're just the default sims CAS spawns so you don't end up with ugly townie mess every time you open CAS

Thanks for all the explanations folks. It was lightly driving me nuts that these characters kept showing up for me in CAS. Started wondering if I had some issue with the random generator, but then I noticed they were all over the branding. Now it makes sense and I may go pull some of them out of the library and drop them into my save for fun now that I know they have stories to be told. :)

"Jyotai;c-17878666" wrote:"logion;c-17878367" wrote:They are available on the Maxis gallery with written backstoriesI hate that the gallery only shows a select few of the things a user has. When I look at the Maxis user I only see a few households, none of them these. I'm looking at a screen that says 292 shared items, and only shows 2...Do you have “hide reported content” enabled in your settings? Some people report basically everything on the gallery to troll.

Are these generic sims based on someone or on some past characters?

17 Replies

SweetieWright_84
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I think they all appear in CAS when you make a new sim. Also, they're on the Gallery under the official Maxis account (at least I think it's the official one). They all have backstories a such. I don't think I've come across the one in the red shorts. They do have one on their Gallery page that has those clothes but he looks completely different. His name is Jayden Armstrong.
Chicklet45368
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I've had every single one show up in CAS. I normally hit "random" a lot when I'm creating a sim.
Onverser
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
They're just the default sims CAS spawns so you don't end up with ugly townie mess every time you open CAS
logionX
Legend
4 years ago
They were part of the rebranding in 2019. I don't think they are based on any real people or previous characters from the sims franchise. They are available on the Maxis gallery with written backstories and you often see them when you start CAS.

I really like Mia Hayes, the blonde girl with the blue beanie. She is a freelance artist and a programmer so she was great to play with and try out the new freelance careers that they added back then.
fjb792
4 years ago
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catmando830
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I just started a new save with the female on the end with the plate of cookies.. she’s going to be an actress.
Jyotai
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Thanks for all the explanations folks. It was lightly driving me nuts that these characters kept showing up for me in CAS. Started wondering if I had some issue with the random generator, but then I noticed they were all over the branding. Now it makes sense and I may go pull some of them out of the library and drop them into my save for fun now that I know they have stories to be told. :)
Jyotai
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"logion;c-17878367" wrote:
They are available on the Maxis gallery with written backstories

I hate that the gallery only shows a select few of the things a user has. When I look at the Maxis user I only see a few households, none of them these. I'm looking at a screen that says 292 shared items, and only shows 2...

EDIT: Found them: https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/browse?category=all&searchtype=hashtag&sortby=downloads&time=all&searchquery=2019Sims&max=50&maxis=true

I can find them on the website, but not with the in-game gallery. But... found em. :)
ValiantRedKnight
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Jyotai;c-17878666" wrote:
"logion;c-17878367" wrote:
They are available on the Maxis gallery with written backstories

I hate that the gallery only shows a select few of the things a user has. When I look at the Maxis user I only see a few households, none of them these. I'm looking at a screen that says 292 shared items, and only shows 2...

Do you have “hide reported content” enabled in your settings? Some people report basically everything on the gallery to troll.
logionX
Legend
4 years ago
"Jyotai;c-17878666" wrote:
"logion;c-17878367" wrote:
They are available on the Maxis gallery with written backstories

I hate that the gallery only shows a select few of the things a user has. When I look at the Maxis user I only see a few households, none of them these. I'm looking at a screen that says 292 shared items, and only shows 2...

What QueenMercy said, you need to disable hide reported content. People abuse the report system for Maxis sims.